"Greyjaei" <greyjaei@gmail.com> wrote in news:1159083940.866373.102740
@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Considering buying an engine for a Honda 92 Civic DX Hatchback. I've
> done some searching through the JDM market online, and I'm only
> slightly confused
> Living in Northern Canada so the pickings are slim and shipping is
> high! Just looking for something in the 400-700 dollar range, and
> hopefully reliable.
> Anything I should watch out for? Sites you'd reccomend? Things to be
> sure to get in purchasing an engine? Any advice would be great, I'm
> terribely new to all this.
> Thank you.
>
>


The JDM engines are not necessarily guaranteed to be straight
bolt-on-drop-ins. Blocks for other markets can have edditional holes that
need to be plugged (mechanical fuel pump aperture, for instance), bracket
holes in the wrong place your your market, that sort of thing. Be prepared
to do some fabrication.

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